CLIFFORD NEWMAN SR.

TAMMS, Ill. -- Clifford Newman Sr., 74, of Tamms died Monday, Aug. 14, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born March 2, 1926, at Canalou, Mo., son of Thomas Mode and Mary Louise Landers Newman. He and Ethel Carner Powless were married in 1989.

Newman was a retired carpenter.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Gene Newman of Morehouse, Mo.; a stepdaughter, Sharon Laster of Jonesboro, Ill.; a stepson, Kenneth Honey of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Lois Newman of Sikeston, Mo., Billy Newman of Hopkinsville, Ky.; two sisters, Betty Scott of Gary, Ind., Judy Lasters of Grand Rivers, Ky.; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and four stepgrandchildren.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms from 5-8 p.m. today and Thursday until time of service.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mark Laster will officiate. Burial will be in McCrite Cemetery.